Created Wednesday, Mar 24th 2021 15:17Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 24th 2021 15:17Z
A Jetblue Airbus A321-200N, registration N2039J performing flight
B6-1825 from Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) to Lima (Peru), was climbing out of Fort Lauderdale's runway 10R when the crew just before hand off to departure reported they had a bird strike and needed to return as soon as possible. Tower cleared the flight to maintain 3000 feet and join a right downwind for runway 10R. The crew reported they had a bird hit into their left hand engine (PW1133G), the engine was reduced to idle power. The aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 10L, while on final to runway 10L the crew reported a lot of birds at their right hand side at about 700 feet. The aircraft landed safely on runway 10L about 10 minutes after departure.
A replacement A321-200N registration N2043J reached Lima with a delay of 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Fort Lauderdale about 18 hours after landing back.
